Question

15 week old --night wakings, resists napping. What do we do?

I have tried consulting multiple doctors, I read multiple books, but I still don't have an answer. I am exhausted, b/c rocking my 16 lbs baby takes 1.5 hrs to sleep, sometimes my back and elbows hurt so much, I have to ice and take 3 Tylenols...I sleep 1-2 hrs/night...I am nursing, but started to suppliment today with GoodStart soy b/c my milk is depleting for ??reason. My baby is on 2 meds for reflux and he is very gassy...
I have a routine at night ...most nights we bathe, eat, massage, then I put him in a "pocket", (it's looser than swaddling, warm, and keeps his arms from reaching his face and waking him up (which he does), on the other hand he cannot suck on his hands...Anyway, I don't know what do about his sleep. I am tempted to let him cry more...now...I don't let him cry at all...what's normal for this age...Please help...I am so exhausted, I feel like I've tried it all...Also, we don't let him stay up for longer than 2 hrs/time and have bed time 5-7pm (depends on pm naps)..

Mom Answers

Our son has reflux and a soy and lactose intollerance - could the soy formula be upsetting his tummy? Our son needed hypoallergenic formula (similac alimentum). His docs also put him on Axid (same as Zantac) and Reglan (completely upset his stomach and made him cry all the time), before switching him to Prevacid at 3 1/2 months. He's been like a new baby ever since (he's 5 months now). We also let him stay awake as much as he wants during the day to wear him out - he usually takes 3 40 min. naps during the day, then put him to bed at 8pm. We use a knit swaddler and pull it as tight as possible - the tighter we pull it the better he sleeps. We didn't used to use one and the first night we did (at 3 months) he slept better.

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